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Rivera's hand-drawn map for murder weapon search
Rivera drew a map intended to help locate the disposed murder weapon. During cross-examination, defense counsel DeCoste argued the map was deliberately vague in a way that would prevent actual recovery of the weapon.
Rivera's hand-drawn map for murder weapon search
Mentioned Magbanua Retrial
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The map's alleged vagueness was used by the defense to challenge Rivera's credibility and cooperation with law enforcement, bearing on the weight the jury could assign to his account as the state's cooperating witness.